Skip Macdonald is an American film and television editor known for his work on ''

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'' (2008–2013), its spin-off series ''

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'' (2015–2022), and the 2019 sequel film '' El Camino''. He also edited several episodes for ''

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''. Macdonald has earned a total of ten

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nominations. In 2014, he won an Emmy for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for the series finale of ''Breaking Bad''.

Career

Skip Macdonald began his career as an assistant sound editor in the 1980s. During this time, he worked on '' Heaven's Gate'' (1980), '' Things Are Tough All Over'', and the

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-directed '' Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid'' (1982) and ''

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'' (1983). After completing '' Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers'' in 1984, Macdonald made his second collaboration with filmmaker

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, after ''Heaven's Gate'', with '' Year of the Dragon'' in 1985. Macdonald's first project serving as an assistant

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was in 1988's television film '' Little Girl Lost''. In the following years, he assisted with the editing of '' Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man'' (1991), the ''

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'' film ''The Case of the Killer Kiss'' (1993), '' White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf'' and '' Nell'' (1994), ''Kansas'' and '' In Pursuit of Honor'' (1995), and '' Primal Fear'' (1996). In 1997, Macdonald had his "" after becoming an editor for '' Buffy the Vampire Slayer''. Vince Gilligan (29732723968)

In 2008, Macdonald began editing the

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-created series ''

'', a show that received universal acclaim and earned Macdonald (following three other nominations) the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series in 2014 for his work on the

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. That same year, he worked on the drama series ''

'' and earned three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited Series or Movie. Macdonald made his second collaboration with Gilligan on the ''Breaking Bad'' spin-off series ''

'', which earned him two more Emmy Award nominations. In 2019, he made his third collaboration with Gilligan on the Netflix film '' El Camino'', a sequel to ''Breaking Bad'' centered on the character of

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. The film, which also received universal acclaim from critics, earned Macdonald his tenth and most recent Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

Filmography

Film

Television

Accolades

References

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